It’s a new chance and opportunity for the 38-year-old. He’s certainly earned it.

Last season, he had 60 points in 48 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Despite growing older and not blessed with overwhelming size – he’s listed at 5’8″ tall – St. Louis has had higher than a point-per-game average in five of the last seven seasons, and three of the last four.

But he was clearly pained by the decision to be kept off the 2010 gold-medal winning team.

I feel like this is the 3rd story this summer that talks about how much st.louis wants to make the Canadian roster. We get it

tcclark - Aug 12, 2013 at 10:58 PM

Thank you. Was just about to post the same thing. It’s not even like it’s a story that will get a lot of hits. A story about Sidney Crosby’s favorite color would probably increase site traffic more than this.

If he’s willing to play a certain role sure I could see him nabbing a spot. But you don’t earn spots on these teams for being a good player, you need to be the right fit. And I don’t think Team Canada owes him anything, no matter how well-respected he is.